Evolution of Moralitys1

Édouard Machery · Ron Mallon

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Philosophical Ethics and Theory Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

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This chapter examines whether morality really evolved, as many philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists, and biologists claim. It distinguishes three possible versions of this claim and reviews the evidence in support of each. It concludes that two versions of the claim that morality evolved are relatively well supported, but that they are unlikely to have significant philosophical consequences, while the stronger version, which is of real interest to philosophers, is in fact empirically unsupported.

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